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John Newman

Law professor, University of Memphis School of Law; former deputy director of the FTC's Bureau of Competition

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“There’s decades of corporate law that developed to deal with the problem of a buyer who always wants to take on all the assets and never wants to take on any of the liability”
Disney Asked Character.AI to Go Bankrupt for a Get-Out-of-Lawsuits CardWIRED, October 19, 2026. Speaking as: Other. As quoted by the source, not their own text. WIRED quotes the law professor on why the Disney and Character.AI deal is unusual.
“It’s bad for society to let companies exercise control without responsibility”
Disney Asked Character.AI to Go Bankrupt for a Get-Out-of-Lawsuits CardWIRED, October 19, 2026. Speaking as: Other. As quoted by the source, not their own text. Newman's closing judgment on the deal, as quoted by WIRED.

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    Disney Asked Character.AI to Go Bankrupt for a Get-Out-of-Lawsuits Card

    WIRED reports, from court filings, that Disney hired most of Character.AI's staff and seeks a licence to much of its technology through the startup's chapter 11 bankruptcy, while Character.AI keeps its legal liabilities, including a 46-jurisdiction state investigation over child safety.